Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
06-12-2014 | 06:08 AM
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WRT us being 'one of the least efficient' airlines, this is an oversimplification of one aspect of running disparate fleet types. At one end of this spectrum you have an airline like SWA, running one aircraft type, keeping it in the air as much as possible, along with the crews. At the other end, you've got us, running 15 types through hubs, our pilots often sitting for hours waiting for a flight.
On the face of it, from a pure hours operating standpoint, we are less 'efficient'. But when you factor in hub revenue dynamics, right sized hulls at the right times, code share multipliers, and the increased revenue from HVC initiatives and upsales (business class and econo comfort) --- we produce more, much more... revenue than our contemporaries on a per-pilot basis.
That's one reason. Another is this: we run a safe, reliable operation, all over the world, 24\7\365. What our pay says about us is important----that we're worth it!
On the face of it, from a pure hours operating standpoint, we are less 'efficient'. But when you factor in hub revenue dynamics, right sized hulls at the right times, code share multipliers, and the increased revenue from HVC initiatives and upsales (business class and econo comfort) --- we produce more, much more... revenue than our contemporaries on a per-pilot basis.
That's one reason. Another is this: we run a safe, reliable operation, all over the world, 24\7\365. What our pay says about us is important----that we're worth it!
06-12-2014 | 06:22 AM
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I was told that by a knowledgeable person working in contract admin. PBS alone produces zero decreases in staffing. How it is programmed is what reduces jobs for the company. You could program PBS to mimic the old line system in awards and have no gains.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions. That is huge. Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each. Elimination of the hard cap was huge. Getting rid of bow wave was huge. If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. The remaining 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions. That is huge. Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each. Elimination of the hard cap was huge. Getting rid of bow wave was huge. If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. The remaining 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
Sailing, I like your posts. You deliver your point of view with a Joe Friday delivery. I would imagine that you are very straight forward in your approach to life. Some here take it as condescending, but I believe it is just a reflection of personality and conviction. I actually prefer it to the chest thumping hype that also permeates this board, but... let me offer this.
The really good posters balance their message with expertise, insight, affability, humor, and a willingness to exchange ideas. I'm thinking NewKnow, Bar, Buzzpat, Denny, et al. Perhaps you could include a joke or throw DPA a small compliment. You don't have to mean it. Or you could just get crazy and post dirty pics. At least Timbo would approve.
06-12-2014 | 06:32 AM
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That seems like a reasonable summary of the PBS/Contract efficiency that we gave DAL. Metrics as it were.
Sailing, I like your posts. You deliver your point of view with a Joe Friday delivery. I would imagine that you are very straight forward in your approach to life. Some here take it as condescending, but I believe it is just a reflection of personality and conviction. I actually prefer it to the chest thumping hype that also permeates this board, but... let me offer this.
The really good posters balance their message with expertise, insight, affability, humor, and a willingness to exchange ideas. I'm thinking NewKnow, Bar, Buzzpat, Denny, et al. Perhaps you could include a joke or throw DPA a small compliment. You don't have to mean it. Or you could just get crazy and post dirty pics. At least Timbo would approve.
Sailing, I like your posts. You deliver your point of view with a Joe Friday delivery. I would imagine that you are very straight forward in your approach to life. Some here take it as condescending, but I believe it is just a reflection of personality and conviction. I actually prefer it to the chest thumping hype that also permeates this board, but... let me offer this.
The really good posters balance their message with expertise, insight, affability, humor, and a willingness to exchange ideas. I'm thinking NewKnow, Bar, Buzzpat, Denny, et al. Perhaps you could include a joke or throw DPA a small compliment. You don't have to mean it. Or you could just get crazy and post dirty pics. At least Timbo would approve.
06-12-2014 | 06:34 AM
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I was told that by a knowledgeable person working in contract admin. PBS alone produces zero decreases in staffing. How it is programmed is what reduces jobs for the company. You could program PBS to mimic the old line system in awards and have no gains.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions. That is huge. Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each. Elimination of the hard cap was huge. Getting rid of bow wave was huge. If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. The remaining 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions. That is huge. Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each. Elimination of the hard cap was huge. Getting rid of bow wave was huge. If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. The remaining 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
Sailing,
You are correct. However I know that you understand that we went to PBS in the first place with the understanding that it would be implemented along with elimination of bow wave, trip conflicts, and the like.
In fact it wasn't so much the company told us "we need PBS" as it was "we can no longer afford trips touching, carryover conflicts, etc" and it was determined that PBS was the best avenue to deal with that going forward. In fact I can't think of a single airline that went from LOT bidding to PBS, but still kept all the old LOT provisions that resulted in so much trip conflicts and pilots getting paid for not working. What would be the point in the first place? That would be like trading in your old gas guzzler truck for a much smaller car, but then going out of your way to find a gas guzzling small sedan--the entire purpose is defeated in the first place.
06-12-2014 | 06:34 AM
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I was told that by a knowledgeable person working in contract admin. PBS alone produces zero decreases in staffing. How it is programmed is what reduces jobs for the company. You could program PBS to mimic the old line system in awards and have no gains.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions. That is huge. Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each. Elimination of the hard cap was huge. Getting rid of bow wave was huge. If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. The remaining 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions. That is huge. Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each. Elimination of the hard cap was huge. Getting rid of bow wave was huge. If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. The remaining 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
06-12-2014 | 06:44 AM
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That seems like a reasonable summary of the PBS/Contract efficiency that we gave DAL. Metrics as it were.
Sailing, I like your posts. You deliver your point of view with a Joe Friday delivery. I would imagine that you are very straight forward in your approach to life. Some here take it as condescending, but I believe it is just a reflection of personality and conviction. I actually prefer it to the chest thumping hype that also permeates this board, but... let me offer this.
The really good posters balance their message with expertise, insight, affability, humor, and a willingness to exchange ideas. I'm thinking NewKnow, Bar, Buzzpat, Denny, et al. Perhaps you could include a joke or throw DPA a small compliment. You don't have to mean it. Or you could just get crazy and post dirty pics. At least Timbo would approve.
Sailing, I like your posts. You deliver your point of view with a Joe Friday delivery. I would imagine that you are very straight forward in your approach to life. Some here take it as condescending, but I believe it is just a reflection of personality and conviction. I actually prefer it to the chest thumping hype that also permeates this board, but... let me offer this.
The really good posters balance their message with expertise, insight, affability, humor, and a willingness to exchange ideas. I'm thinking NewKnow, Bar, Buzzpat, Denny, et al. Perhaps you could include a joke or throw DPA a small compliment. You don't have to mean it. Or you could just get crazy and post dirty pics. At least Timbo would approve.
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I was told that by a knowledgeable person working in contract admin. PBS alone produces zero decreases in staffing. How it is programmed is what reduces jobs for the company. You could program PBS to mimic the old line system in awards and have no gains.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions. That is huge. Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each. Elimination of the hard cap was huge. Getting rid of bow wave was huge. If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. The remaining 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions. That is huge. Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each. Elimination of the hard cap was huge. Getting rid of bow wave was huge. If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. The remaining 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
Well, I know what you're getting at but PBS isn't the enemy per se, it's how it's programed that is the problem. You could program PBS to mimic the old line system and we could drop trips again for vacation.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions and that is huge because Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each and the elimination of the hard cap was huge as was getting rid of the bow wave was huge so we kissed a lot of things goodbye.
If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight. I mean that would be like walking into the bathroom and finding Hermonie asking why I haven't gotten in the tub yet.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. It totally sucks. Add on another 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
Sucks.
The vacation changes alone were worth 500 Captains positions and that is huge because Captains used to get up to 7 weeks of vacation and the first two weeks could generate a entire month off each and the elimination of the hard cap was huge as was getting rid of the bow wave was huge so we kissed a lot of things goodbye.
If tomorrow we changed to getting paid a max of ALV only with flying above that carried into bow wave the company would need close to a 1000 pilots overnight. I mean that would be like walking into the bathroom and finding Hermonie asking why I haven't gotten in the tub yet.
Vacation, PBS, bow wave and loss of the bow wave as a whole are over 20% of the lost jobs. It totally sucks. Add on another 4 or 5 percent is buried in tens of smaller changes.
Sucks.
06-12-2014 | 06:57 AM
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Outstanding mashup of posting styles! Creativity & message wrapped in a format that is both pleasurable and distracting at the same time. Plus, it will drive a grammar Nazi insane. A Masterwork.
06-12-2014 | 06:59 AM
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I'd put my career earnings against their number 1 pilot in a heartbeat. I think the average age over there is 60ish... You really wanna debate TVM vis a vis USAir? Really?
06-12-2014 | 07:02 AM
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Someone probably said the same thing about delta in the past. Look at FedEx. That was not the place to be. Now they have FO's that out earn some of your WB CA's. Top dog will not always be top dog square.
06-12-2014 | 07:08 AM
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From: Light Chop
If anyone tops Delta, we're going to insult them on the internet until they're mad at us and then we own them.
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